UKIP made some surprising gains in the North and South East England. But where unsuccessful in inner London where Londoners rejected there Euro/immigration policies.
Whilst I accept that UKIP have made some considerable gains, the media especially the BBC said it had been an "earthquake" to UK politics.
Which I think completely oversimplifies it yes UKIP made gains but they failed to make any inroads into various cities in the UK so they have some work to do to convince black and ethnic minority groups that they are not a racist party.
Meanwhile Conservatives had a poor local election losing councils like Hammersmith and Fulham, Croydon and Cambridge.
A loss of these councils would be a bitter blow to David Cameron and his party are losing vital support and getting a majority government in 2015 is looking more elusive with each passing day.
The Labour Party had a successful local election they gained over three hundred seats.
But if you watched the BBC and other media outlets then they had a terrible election and this thought is not backed up with the statistics.
Labour need to work on ensuring that they can get the people from the main cities to vote and this will ensure they are elected as a majority government.
The shock of the local elections was the Liberal Democrats who did very badly and even lost the running of Kingston Borough Council to the Conservatives.
I personally think that the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg should resign and allow the Lib Dems to regroup and salvage some proud.
So overall I don't think any of the parties where outstanding and they all have some real work to do before the next General Election.
